Unemployment & Downsizing

Big Oil's lean look fuels Houston-area jobs fear

Big Oil's lean look fuels area jobs fear If cuts remain permanent, glory days may be over By BRETT CLANTON HOUSTON CHRONICLE SLIMMING DOWN Since early 2008, major oil and gas companies have announced thousands of layoffs in...

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Latest on 1st-time home buyers' tax credit

President Obama signed a bill Friday extending unemployment benefits and the federal tax credit for first-time home buyers. It also creates a new tax credit for repeat buyers who purchase a new primary residence. Here is a...

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CREATING JOBS IS TOP JOB FOR WASHINGTON (Cynthia Tucker)

About The Author: Cynthia Tucker is editorial page editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a syndicated columnist whose commentary appears in dozens of newspapers across the country. By Cynthia Tucker Cynthia Tucker – 1...

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Dakota looks to tighten its belt bit more

The county's 2010 budget proposal would cut vacant positions, delay some projects. By KATIE HUMPHREY, Star Tribune The results of Dakota County's efforts to cut $6.4 million from its 2010 budget may not seem particularly...

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Washington state has to play the add-value card, not low-cost-leader ace

Now that the Puget Sound area sees the vulnerability of the aerospace cluster, how do we leverage this asset for a less Boeing-centric future? Being a "world-class city" means not fretting too much about that world of cheap,...

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Broader Measure Of U.S. Unemployment Stands At 17.5 Percent

For all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession - until now. With the release of the jobs report on Friday, the broadest...

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Strike: A risk worth taking?

When 62 pipe and steel workers at Precision Tube Co. in North Wales walked off the job Aug. 7, the economy had just dropped 274,000 jobs. Unemployment was nearing 10 percent, and almost 14.5 million people were out of work.

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Mid-Michigan faces major threat to jobs

It's likely not Jennifer Granholm's intent to cripple the economy of mid-Michigan. For more than a decade, she's worked in mid-Michigan. As governor, she's lived here for years. But if Granholm and legislators ended up with a...

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British Airways Reports Record Loss Of $485 Million

British Airways plunged to a record pre-tax loss of £292 million ($485 million) over the past six months, traditionally its most profitable trading period, as the airline fights to stave off Christmas strike action that will...

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Unemployment Up Dramatically! Stocks Rise! Huh?

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sun Nov 8, 2009 3:16 AM EST But there is another reason high unemployment may excite investors. Current layoffs are likely, for many workers, to be permanent. A recent report that...

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